First lessons in batik; a handbook in batik, tie-dyeing and all pattern dyeing (1921)
Lewis, Gertrude Clayton · Chicago, New York, The Prang company · leaf 73
with a mass of nails or pins fastened all over it inelaboration of some design. It is then taken off the block and given to agirl (the Bandhani) who purposely allows her thumb and forefinger nailsto grow long with a view to their becoming an indispensable pair of pin-cers, by means of which minute… … 12
Batik · Dyes and dyeing
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